As bad as 2008? Perhaps way worse!
I believe the current financial crisis we find ourselves in, will turn out worse than 2008, potentially way worse. Not only is it a financial crisis, but is it also a severe health crisis. Our focus here though, is on the finical markets. In my...
Read moreBloomberg Interview
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-01-07/bloomberg-daybreak-middle-east-full-show-01-07-2020-video I start at 11.30 minutes into it – covering topics such as Iran, Oil/energy and PM. See Equities being supported by Fed action on the...
Read moreMarket views
https://youtu.be/E7HgyZcart0 The interview covers our view of the Financial markets, precious metals and the importance of having a balanced asset allocation. In addition to running client specific mandates, we now manage a number of market...
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Views from the twilight zone
The world’s a pretty strange place right now. The financial market: There are over USD12trl dollars’ worth of bonds that are negative yielding. A number which is likely going to increase over the next few years. Austria’s 100yr bond has a...
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It’s better to be out, wanting to be in, than in, wanting to be out
Summary: We expect the recent weakness in the Equity markets to continue for a while longer and that there could be some form of re-test of the December lows in the S&P. While we may not see a full re-test on the short term, at least a...
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MWCM – 2019 in focus
It’s that time of year where all the strategists and market commentators are out giving their views of where markets are heading into 2019. Most are still bullish. Earnings expectations are still relatively good (c.7.4% EPS growth expected...
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Market and economic outlook – what next? by MWCM
We write on this in many Insights, so we will sum up our views here. USD strength to continue. The USD has rallied nicely against many emerging and developing countries’ currencies. Short-term it may give some of this back, but we expect a...
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October 1987 all over again?
We saw a big sell-off in the markets yesterday – Wednesday 10th October 2018 – with the S&P down 3.3%, The Nasdaq down 4.1%. Of note is that the FAANG stocks are all down significantly – Facebook (-4.1%), Amazon (-7%), Apple...
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Many are not participating in the US equity market’s ‘happy hour’
Most markets and asset classes have struggled YTD, with most Bond and many Equity indices down for the year. The emerging markets have taken a hit this year with the EEM ETF down some 9% YTD, with Turkey and Argentina dragging the index down.The...
Read moreThe emerging markets meltdown
Emerging markets have had a weak YTD, with the MSCI EM Index being down some 7.5% TR, and for good reason. Source: Yahoo Finance Risk of ‘trade wars’ and potentially weaker trade and commodity demand/prices is one. Weak governance and the rise...
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Outperforming in a difficult market
Our fund exposures have generally worked well in our Alternative Strategies account, which was up 0.75% for the month of June and 1.84% Year to Date (YTD). As at 13thJuly, it was up 2.4%. As such, it has outperformed the Balanced Asset index...
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